UK regional carrier Flybe will now take only 15 Bombardier Q400s from US-based Republic Airways, down from the 24 originally agreed, and it has deferred delivery of four Embraer E175s.
Investigators probing the loss of EgyptAir flight MS804 have received further radar data of the Airbus A320’s final maneuvers, as the search for flight data and cockpit voice recorders continues.
The latest US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures - for April 2016 and comparative prior months - organized by domestic, international and system totals.
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines is in the process of revamping its cargo business, and sees new business opportunities as it moves away from its signature “combi” aircraft to embrace full freighters.
Embraer CEO Frederico Fleury Curado will step down from his position next month, and will be succeeded by Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO Paulo Cesar Silva.
Pratt & Whitney executives are defending the PW1100G, insisting the engine startup restrictions and associated software problems that bedeviled the Airbus A320neo’s entry into service (EIS) are now fixed.
FAA has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with Liteye Systems to evaluate technology developed by a trio of UK companies to identify and disable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or “drones” operating near airports.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline president Tim Clark told ATW he is impressed with the latest twin-aisle technology in the Airbus A350 XWB and Boeing 787 and these are the aircraft types he is looking for as the competitive landscape changes.
Hainan Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9, becoming China’s first operator of both the 787-8 and -9 variants of the Dreamliner family.
Airbus orders accelerated in May after a slow start to the year, with 83 orders over the course of the month, more than doubling its total for the year so far.
Taipei-based China Airlines, which was scheduled to take delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWB in July, has been informed by the European manufacturer its first aircraft will now arrive at the end of September.
The first flight for Russia’s MC-21-300, which was rolled out June 8, is planned for December 2016-February 2017, it was announced at the roll-out ceremony.
Paris Orly-based long-haul, low-cost startup French Blue has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a new Airbus A330-300, and is aiming to launch operations on Sept. 10.
Qatar Airways has canceled its first Airbus A320neo and remains at an impasse with the European manufacturer over delivery delays caused by engine problems, CEO Akbar Al Baker told journalists Friday at the IATA AGM in Dublin.
Chengdu-based Sichuan Airlines has ordered 15 Airbus A320 aircraft, valued at CNY9.6 billion ($1.46 billion) at list prices, to meet the fast-growing Chinese market demand.
Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS)—which will take delivery of its first Bombardier CSeries 100 at the end of June—will convert five of its 20 CS100 orders into CS300s.
